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Restrictions

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Use the options on this screen to govern whether or not the account will be able to send or receive mail to or from non-local domains. The Restrict accounts to sending and receiving local mail only option on the Mail & Attachments screen of New Account Defaults can be used to apply this restriction to all accounts by default.

Inbound Mail Restriction

This account can't receive messages from the outside world

Click this checkbox if you want this account to be prevented from receiving email messages from non-local domains.

...except if from one of these addresses

Addresses specified in this area are exceptions to the Inbound Mail restriction. Wildcards are permitted. Thus if you designated "*@altn.com" as an exception then all inbound messages from any address at altn.com would be accepted and delivered to the account.

New address

If you wish to add an address exception to the Inbound Mail Restrictions list then type it here and click the add button.

Add

After entering an address into the New address option, click this button to add it to the exceptions list.

Remove

If you wish to remove an address from the restrictions list, select the address and then click this button.

Messages from unauthorized sources should be...

The options in this drop-down list box govern what MDaemon will do with messages that are destined for this account but originate from a non-local or otherwise unauthorized domain. You may choose any of the following options:

Refused – Restricted messages will be refused by MDaemon.

Returned to sender – Messages from restricted addresses will be returned to the sender.

Sent to postmaster – Messages that are restricted will be accepted but delivered to the postmaster instead of this account.

Sent to... – Messages that are restricted will be accepted but delivered to the address that you specify in the text box on the right.

Outbound Mail Restriction

This account can't send messages to the outside world

Click this checkbox if you want the account to be prevented from sending email messages to non-local domains.

...except if to one of these addresses

Addresses specified in this area are exceptions to the Outbound Mail restriction. Wildcards are permitted. Thus if you designated "*@altn.com" as an exception then all outbound messages to any address at altn.com would be delivered normally by MDaemon.

New address

If you wish to add an address exception to the Outbound Mail Restrictions list then type it here and click the add button.

Add

After entering an address into the New address option, click this button to add it to the exceptions list.

Remove

If you wish to remove an address from the restrictions list, select the address and then click this button.

Messages to unauthorized sources should be...

The options in this drop-down list box govern what MDaemon will do with messages that originate from this account but are destined for a non-local or otherwise unauthorized domain. You may choose any of the following options:

Refused – Messages to unauthorized addresses will be refused by MDaemon.

Returned to sender – Messages to restricted addresses will be returned to the sender.

Sent to postmaster – Messages that are restricted will be accepted but delivered to the postmaster instead of the designated recipient.

Sent to... – Messages that are restricted will be accepted but delivered to the address that you specify in the text box on the right.